The Coronation of King Peter I of Serbia
About The Coronation of King Peter I of Serbia
Frank Mottershaw's camera moves through Belgrade street views in April 1904, around the coronation of Peter I Karađorđević. Military parties and townspeople pass the lens. The picture's own subtitle calls it a ride through Serbia, Novi Pazar, Montenegro, and Dalmatia. The coronation ceremony itself is not what the surviving views show.
Cast & crew
More about The Coronation of King Peter I of Serbia
The film is credited to Frank S. Mottershaw. His son made the 1904 trip with Arnold Muir Wilson, a lawyer, journalist, and honorary consul of Serbia. It was shown in Britain inside Wilson's lecture series on Serbia, then in April 1905 at the National Theatre in Belgrade with King Peter and the royal family present.
Themes
Background
Peter Karađorđević was crowned King Peter I of Serbia in 1904. The British filming party recorded the city around that event rather than a staged ceremony.
Look
The camera is set in the street. Children stop, stare, and wave at it.
Notes
- A circulating copy has been described as running more than ten minutes. An IMDb entry lists 55 minutes for a title that may be the same film.
- One shot catches the new king on horseback in a crown and ermine.
- The Yugoslav film archive issued surviving material on DVD.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Krunisanje kralja Petra (1904).webm)
